Trump's tax bill seeks to prevent AI regulations. Experts fear a heavy toll on the planet

Unrestricted AI use could add 1bn tons of planet-heating emissions in the US over the next decade, researchers sayUS Republicans are pushing to pass a major spending bill that includes provisions to prevent states from enacting regulations on artificial intelligence. Such untamed growth in AI will take a heavy toll upon the world's dangerously overheating climate, experts have warned.About 1bn tons of planet-heating carbon dioxide are set to be emitted in the US just from AI over the next decade if no restraints are placed on the industry's enormous electricity consumption, according to estimates by researchers at Harvard University and provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...